Sundial Herbal Products advertises products like these that purport to cure cancer and AIDS. (YouTube)

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A Bronx “bush doctor” and his son are “snake oil salesmen” hawking herbal remedies that falsely claim to treat a broad array of ailments including syphilis, asthma, diabetes, cancer, AIDS and high blood pressure, prosecutors charged Monday.

Sundial Herbal Products owners Rahsan Hakim and his son, Adoniiah Rahsan, have ignored warnings about the marketing of the “medicine” that has not been approved or tested by the Food and Drug Administration, federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged in a complaint.

“The defendants are the modern incarnation of snake oil salesmen, selling the unsuspecting public unapproved or misbranded drugs that they claim, without basis, will cure cancer, diabetes and other serious illnesses.

The government seeks an order blocking the sale of the products, which may cause consumers to delay seeking “appropriate medical care.”

The Sundial website describes Hakim as a bush doctor and elder “Afrikan Herbalite” who embraced his family’s healing lineage while growing up in Jamaica.

The government said many of the products were “misbranded” and “unapproved” drugs. Among the products cited by the feds was a “Traditional African Manback Tonic” for “all weaknesses in male reproductive system, spine, nerves and as a treatment for impotence.” Another was the “Wood and Root Tonic” to “protect from...epidemics,” the suit said.

The site includes testimonials from customers vouching for Sundial products that gave them more energy and alleviated stomach troubles.